intake
noun
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
intakes
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pluralof intake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At accounting firm Grant Thornton, just 10% of U.K. trainee intakes were apprentices in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
A 2025 case-control study from Vietnam found what researchers described as a U-shaped relationship between B12 intake and cancer risk, with both lower and higher intakes associated with increased risk.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
In the coming year, the reservoir could decline to a point where water can no longer pass through intakes to generate hydroelectric power.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Eight of the nine intakes for the regulator were still bagged, but this one would at least tell the truth.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
